Plattekill vs Zena

A side-by-side comparison of Plattekill and Zena: population, income, housing, and more.

Plattekill and Zena are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Plattekill has the higher population (1,304 vs 972 in Zena). Zena has the higher median household income ($109,479 vs $106,429 in Plattekill). Zena has the higher median home value ($427,400 vs $275,000 in Plattekill).

Population, income & housing

	Plattekill	Zena
Population	1,304	972
Median age	29.0 yrs	58.3 yrs
Median household income	$106,429	$109,479
Median home value	$275,000	$427,400
Median gross rent	$2,081	—
Housing units	504	490
Homeownership rate	43.4%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	64.6%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plattekill	Zena
Population	1,029 → 1,304 (+26.7%)	942 → 972 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$51,591 → $106,429 (+106.3%)	$100,625 → $109,479 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$196,600 → $275,000 (+39.9%)	$269,800 → $427,400 (+58.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,139 → $2,081 (+82.7%)	—

Plattekill

Population

1,0291,304

Median household income

$51,591$106,429

Median home value

$196,600$275,000

Median gross rent

$1,139$2,081

Zena

Population

942972

Median household income

$100,625$109,479

Median home value

$269,800$427,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plattekill	Zena
Under 5	4.6%	6.6%
5 to 17	24.3%	6.8%
18 to 24	10.8%	5.1%
25 to 34	17.8%	3.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.0%	7.6%
55 to 64	10.6%	27.5%
65 to 74	5.5%	26.4%
75 and over	2.9%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plattekill	Zena
White (non-Hispanic)	37.2%	82.0%
Black or African American	15.7%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	42.3%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plattekill	Zena
No high school diploma	10.6%	6.7%
High school graduate	56.1%	9.5%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	34.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plattekill	Zena
Drove alone	73.5%	71.9%
Carpooled	9.4%	0.0%
Public transit	7.0%	5.8%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	17.8%
Other means	2.0%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plattekill	Zena
1-unit, detached	56.2%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	29.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Plattekill	Zena
Poverty rate	5.2%	14.9%
Average household size	2.71	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	36	34
Median year structure built	1975	1965